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Oft would I mount b y shatter ' d stair The battlements ; and station e d there , Eye all the fields and woods around , And note each spot , each shade of ground . Thus days and nights , clouds , star-beama sped , Till spent in frame down sank my head , As one among the quiet dead ; Delora !
When that my fever was allay'd , I rose as gaunt as any shade And cross'd unto the far off strand . The exil'd lord ne ' er reach'd that land His ship was lost upon the main . I rov'd the world—and rov'd in vain I And to this spot return'd again ;
Delora I Years roll'd away—and years may roll , But seated on the green-sward knoll , Fronting the archway where I last
Beheld Delora ' form , I cast Mine eyes for ever on the place For ever vacant—hoping space Would render up to my embrace , Delora !
And still I gaze , and hope to see Her form appear , and fly to me ! She lov'd me fondly ;—with that thought Brief bliss , long agony , are bought ! Oh ! from thy dark , uncertain doom , Once issue ere 1 seek the tomb , Or call me—and I come ! I come ! Delora !
Peasants and travellers oft pass'd , And looks of fear and pity cast : I scarcely noted they were near , — My rapt soul glows , but dwells not here ; Therefore they said that I was m * d , For years to sit thus gaunt an 4 sa ( J ; But I moat passion ' d reason had ; Delora !
